"Mom!" Link ran towards the burning house, but a strong arm grabbed him from behind.
"It's too dangerous sonny, stay here!" A deep voice said.
Link stared, at the blazing house, as tears tainted his young, cheerful face with fear.
"AAAAARGHK!" Link yelled suddenly, then he yelled again as he had hit the top of the bunk bed. Clutching his aching head he gasped "Just a dream…just a dream…"
"Link! Are you alright?" Saria said from the bunk across from him.
"Yeah, just a bad dream," he mumbled.
"Aww, baby had a bad dream?" Mido yelled down from the bunk above Link sarcastically.
Link didn't say anything, but he looked toward the clock in the room. "8:07. Time to get ready for school." He got up and started rooting around for his school clothes in a single small drawer out of ten. The other nine belonged to the rest of his gang of friends, who called themselves the Kokiri. The name was inspired by an ancient race of kids who never grew up.
Link had been an orphan for nine years after the unpleasant incident when his house burned down. His mother had died in the fire and his father had died when he was young. So Link grew up living in Mr. Deku's Home for Orphans, going to school with his friends that he had grown up sharing a room with for years.
Link grabbed his book bag, grabbed a breakfast bar, and started for the bus stop.
"Link! Wait up!" a beautiful voice called after him.
Link turned to wait for the voice. It was his friend Zelda. She was considered to be one of the most beautiful girls at school because of her long blonde hair and graceful personality. Among the boys who had a massive crush on her, Link was one of them. He had always dreamed of asking Zelda out, but he was so shy that people at school that didn't know him well thought he didn't talk at all.
"Hey!" he said, putting his hands on his hips as Zelda ran up to him. "What's with the princess of our school suddenly wanting to walk with a lowly commoner like me?" he said playfully.
Zelda looked away, embarrassed. "I'm not a princess you know," she protested.
"Well excuuuse me princess," Link shrugged. "The bus will be here any minute."
When Link walked onto the bus, his friends in the back waved and gestured for him to come join them. Link apologized to Zelda quickly and joined the others. Unfortunately, the only seat open was next to his friend Navi. She was short, and her favorite color was blue, so that's what she wore every day.
"Hey! Listen! I found this cool new videogame and-!"
Link put his hand up to stop her. "Too early."
Later that day, at lunch
"No Navi, I do not want to hear about this wonderful new videogame. You know I don't have any game consoles," Link protested. He must have said that at least twelve times that morning.
"But it's for the 3-freaking-D-Epic-S!"
"Which I don't have!"
"Hmmph! I don't know how you live without videogames!" Navi said, crossing her arms and pointing her nose up.
History Class
"And thus, hyrule was created by the three Goddesses Farore, Din, And Nayru," Mr. Dodongo said. "Does anyone know which Godess is the Goddess of Courage?"
Link kept on snoozing, and was almost drowning in a pool of his own drool.
"Link," Mr. Dodongo said. "Which Godess is the Godess of Courage?"
"Huh? Umm…Din?" He mumbled, still sleepy.
The techer just stared at him frusturatedly. BAM! A piece of chalk hit Link in the head.
Finally, the end of the day, on the bus…
Link got off the bus and waved goodbye to his friends from school. Today, he decided to take a different route home instead of his usual one. That would just happen to be his mistake, as it seemed to appear.